HBO has cut ties with Golden Boy Promotions

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I think Hershman’s announcement doesn’t really do much other than make it official that we will not see Golden Boy fighters in the ring against Top Rank fighters. That unofficial policy had been in place for years and now it appears there will be no getting around it for a while. The main outcome is fans get screwed out of seeing great matchups – how great of a fight would Lucas Mathysse versus the winner of next weeks Alvarado – Rios fight be? That’s just one we won’t be seeing.
My hope is that HBO starts to cover more European fights to fill the schedule holes that losing Golden Boy fighters will create. I have about run out of email addresses to use to sign up for free Epix trials so I can watch some of the Euro fights online.

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